1996 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1996 season was the fourth for the Rockies. Managed by Don Baylor, they played home games at Coors Field and finished with a record of 83-79, third in the NL West.

1996 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Bob Gebhard
Manager(s)Don Baylor
Local televisionKWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Dave Armstrong)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Francisco Gamez, Carlos Bido)
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Offseason

  • November 20, 1995: Joe Girardi was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the New York Yankees for Mike DeJean.[1]
  • December 18, 1995: Jeff Reed was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]

Regular season

  • The only no-hitter at Coors Field was thrown by Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 17, 1996.[3]
  • On May 11, 1996, Al Leiter threw the first no hitter in Florida Marlins history. The Marlins beat the Rockies by a score of 11-0.[4]

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9171 0.562 45–36 46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9072 0.556 1 47–34 43–38
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 8 55–26 28–53
San Francisco Giants 6894 0.420 23 38–44 30–50

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 7–57–55–76–76–65–710–37–69–49–39–47–59–4
Chicago 5–75–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati 5–78–57–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado 7–57–56–75–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida 7–66–69–38–57–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston 6–68–56–75–85–76–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles 7–55–88–47–67–66–69–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal 3–106–69–39–38–59–43–97–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York 6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–77–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia 4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–77–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh 3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–74–98–43–10
San Diego 4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–411–24–8
San Francisco 5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–117–6
St. Louis 4–98–58–54–86–611-24–84–87–58–410–38–46–7

Game log

1996 Game Log: 83–79 (Home: 55–26; Away: 28–53)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Rockies team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

  • June 4, 1996: Shawn Chacón was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1996.[5]
  • July 30, 1996: Eric Anthony was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Cincinnati Reds.[6]
  • August 21, 1996: Steve Decker was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the San Francisco Giants.[7]
  • August 31, 1996: Marvin Freeman was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Colorado Rockies.[8]

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Angel Echevarria (Jul 15)
    • Neifi Pérez (Aug 31)
    • Alan Cockrell (Sep 7)
    • Terry Jones (Sep 9)
  • Pitchers:
    • Mike Farmer (May 4)
    • Garvin Alston (Jun 6)
    • Ryan Hawblitzel (Jun 9)
    • Jamey Wright (Jul 3)
    • John Burke (Aug 13)
    • Robbie Beckett (Sep 12) [9]

Roster

1996 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Jeff Reed 116 341 97 .284 8 37
1B Andrés Galarraga 159 626 190 .304 47 150
2B Eric Young 141 568 184 .324 8 74
SS Walt Weiss 155 517 146 .282 8 48
3B Vinny Castilla 160 629 191 .304 40 113
LF Ellis Burks 156 613 211 .344 40 128
CF Quinton McCracken 124 283 82 .290 3 40
RF Dante Bichette 159 633 198 .313 31 141

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Larry Walker8327275.2761858
Jayhawk Owens7318043.239417
Jason Bates8816033.20619
John Vander Wal10415138.252531
Eric Anthony326215.24249
Steve Decker10258.32018

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Ritz35213.017115.28105
Mark Thompson34169.29115.3099
Armando Reynoso30168.2894.9688
Marvin Freeman26129.2796.0471
Jamey Wright1691.1444.9345
Bryan Rekar1458.1248.9525

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Roger Bailey2483.2236.2445
Lance Painter3450.2425.8648
Mike Farmer728.0017.7116
John Habyan1924.0117.1325

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bruce Ruffin7175244.0074
Curtis Leskanic707566.2376
Steve Reed704303.9651
Darren Holmes625413.9773
Mike Munoz542206.6545

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Brad Mills
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Bill Hayes
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Bill McGuire
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League P. J. Carey
A-Short Season Portland Rockies Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie AZL Rockies Arizona League Jim Eppard

[10]

References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/girarjo01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reedje02.shtml
  3. Coors Field
  4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacosh01.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anthoer01.shtml
  7. Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml
  9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=1996&l=NL
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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